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Is stave a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word stave is a Scrabble US word. The word stave is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is stave a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word stave is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is stave a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word stave is a Words With Friends word. The word stave is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

STAVE,VESTA,

4-letter words (19 found)

ATES,AVES,EAST,EATS,ETAS,SATE,SAVE,SEAT,SETA,TAES,TASE,TAVS,TEAS,VAES,VASE,VAST,VATS,VEST,VETS,

3-letter words (22 found)

ATE,ATS,AVE,EAS,EAT,EST,ETA,SAE,SAT,SAV,SEA,SET,SEV,TAE,TAS,TAV,TEA,TES,VAE,VAS,VAT,VET,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AS,AT,EA,ES,ET,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 53 words from stave according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of stave

stave tsave satve astve tasve atsve stvae tsvae svtae vstae tvsae vtsae savte asvte svate vsate avste vaste tavse atvse tvase vtase avtse vatse staev tsaev satev astev tasev atsev steav tseav setav estav tesav etsav saetv asetv seatv esatv aestv eastv taesv atesv teasv etasv aetsv eatsv stvea tsvea svtea vstea tvsea vtsea steva tseva setva estva tesva etsva sveta vseta sevta esvta vesta evsta tvesa vtesa tevsa etvsa vetsa evtsa savet asvet svaet vsaet avset vaset saevt asevt seavt esavt aesvt easvt sveat vseat sevat esvat vesat evsat avest vaest aevst eavst veast evast taves atves tvaes vtaes avtes vates taevs atevs teavs etavs aetvs eatvs tveas vteas tevas etvas vetas evtas avets vaets aevts eavts veats evats

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Definitions and meaning of stave

stave

Etymology

Back-formation from staves, the plural of staff.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: stāv, IPA(key): /steɪv/
  • Rhymes: -eɪv

Noun

stave (plural staves)

  2. One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.
    Hyponym: pipestave
    Coordinate terms: hoop, head
  3. One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
  4. (poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
  5. (music) The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
  6. (poetry, rare) The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant or vowel in stave-rhyme.
  7. A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic.
  8. A staff or walking stick.

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Verb

stave (third-person singular simple present staves, present participle staving, simple past staved or stove, past participle staved or stove or stoven)

  1. (transitive) To fit or furnish with staves or rundles. [from 1540s]
  2. (transitive, usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst. [from 1590s]
    to stave in a cask
  3. (transitive, with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff. [from 1620s]
  4. (transitive, usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away.
  5. (intransitive, rare or archaic) To burst in pieces by striking against something.
  6. (intransitive, old-fashioned or dialect) To walk or move rapidly.
  7. To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
  8. To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.
    to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run

Derived terms

  • stave in
  • stave off

Translations

Further reading

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “stave”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • Avest., Sveta, Vesta, evats, vates, vesta

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstavɛ]

Noun

stave

  1. vocative singular of stav

Middle English

Noun

stave

  1. Alternative form of staf

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse stafa.

Verb

stave (imperative stav, present tense staver, simple past and past participle stava or stavet, present participle stavende)

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Derived terms

  • stavefeil
  • stavekontroll
  • stavemåte

References

  • “stave” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Source: wiktionary.org